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TRAVEL BLOG AND ITINERARY
a travel blog
General Location: Spain Author: Kerry Taylor
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This is the journal from a two week coach trip around Spain, with a company called Archers (sister to an international company called Cosmos). The first part of the trip went well and hopefully I have a fairly full journal for it. However things began to go wrong at about the time I arrived in Seville. First I suffered a cold, then a serious stomach bug, all of which put me off note taking. However I will try to fill out the gaps a bit. One thing is for sure, coach trips when you feel really ill are not for the fainthearted. Another tip worth remembering is that it's well worth taking rehydration powders - I'll never travel without them again!!!
| Trip Itinerary (Travel Blog Entries) | |||
1 |
Madrid | Sep 18 '04 | Madrid
"In the lift I meet two very drunk but happy Spanish girls who welcome me to their country - how nice!" |
2 |
Aranjuez | Sep 19 '04 | The Royal Palace, Aranjuez
"You just won’t believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is." |
3 |
Cuenca | Sep 19 '04 | Arriving in Cuenca
"Just my luck, the next bull suddenly appears and is heading my way!" |
4 |
Cuenca | Sep 20 '04 | Leaving Cuenca
"On the second attempt I find someone who, although they can’t speak English and I can’t speak Spanish, does understand the universal language of mime." |
5 |
Valencia | Sep 20 '04 | Arriving in Valencia
"He stands right next to us and begins playing a trumpet so loudly that we can’t hear ourselves speak. We figure he’s going to ask us for money to stop." |
6 |
Valencia | Sep 21 '04 | Leaving Valencia
"The increasingly wild landscape is actually part of a National Park. This apparently doesn’t preclude large industrial buildings like the Nuclear power stations." |
7 |
Peniscola | Sep 21 '04 | Peniscola
"Halfway down I find some of our group sitting outside a café drinking the local speciality – Horchata." |
8 |
Barcelona | Sep 21 '04 | Arriving in Barcelona
"I’m rather startled to find myself eye to eye with a Spanish mama sitting by the window of her apartment – in her knickers!" |
9 |
Barcelona | Sep 22 '04 | Gaudi's Barcelona
"After a lot of head scratching from us and frustration from everyone around us, someone finally points out tersely that it would be cheaper to buy a ten trip ticket, which we could all use" |
10 |
Barcelona | Sep 23 '04 | Leaving Barcelona
"A modern day Don Quixote would have a field day (or possibly electrocute himself)" |
11 |
Saragossa | Sep 23 '04 | Saragossa
"I take a good look around this extraordinary building trying to find an unexploded bomb. It’s one of those things you feel should be obvious, but I miss it." |
12 |
Pamplona | Sep 23 '04 | Pamplona
"I spot a string of red bell peppers hanging between two windows like Christmas decorations." |
13 |
Loyola | Sep 24 '04 | Santuario de Loyola
"I’m fairly sure pinching fruit from it may result in someone ending up on the wrong end of a thunderbolt." |
14 |
Bilbao | Sep 24 '04 | Bilbao
"Another exhibit reminds me of “The Matrix”, where binary code seems to fall like rain on a computer screen. Here however the words fall from the ceiling." |
15 |
Burgos | Sep 24 '04 | Burgos
"It looks like a miniature castle and is adorned with statues and turrets." |
16 |
Segovia | Sep 25 '04 | Segovia
"The town is simply dominated by an enormous Roman aqueduct." |
17 |
Avila | Sep 25 '04 | Avila
"It means once you get up there you have to make a two kilometre round trip..." |
18 |
Salamanca | Sep 25 '04 | Arriving in Salamanca
"In fact there is a small folk band present dressed head to toe in traditional costume..." |
19 |
Salamanca | Sep 26 '04 | Leaving Salamanca
"I while away the trip by becoming increasingly fanatical about photographing one of the many black bull silhouettes we pass." |
20 |
Trujillo | Sep 26 '04 | Trujillo for Lunch
"One couple are clearly not talking to each other now and the wife explains she’d know the right route but “he knew best”" |
21 |
Seville | Sep 26 '04 | Arriving in Seville
"We are given our free welcome glass of Sangria... it’s the first time I’ve had any on this trip and it is heaven!" |
22 |
Seville | Sep 27 '04 | Seville
"The main highlight inside the cathedral is the fabulous tomb of Christopher Columbus." |
23 |
Jerez | Sep 28 '04 | Jerez
"However the winner as far as I am concerned was the one signed by Steven Spielberg!" |
24 |
Ronda | Sep 28 '04 | Ronda
"After a few false starts we find the bridge and crane over the edge to get a closer look. It’s not for the fainthearted." |
25 |
Granada | Sep 28 '04 | Arriving in Granada
"We soon learn that they expect the audience to participate and the more we clap and cheer, the harder they work." |
26 |
Granada | Sep 29 '04 | The Alhambra, Granada
"After all not everyone can say they have part of a World Heritage Site sitting on their mantelpiece." |
27 |
Cordoba | Sep 29 '04 | Arriving in Cordoba
"He sucks in his breath and slowly shakes his head. He looks like a mechanic condemning a wreck." |
28 |
Cordoba | Sep 30 '04 | The Mezquita, Cordoba
"We’ve been told to split up into groups of two or three and enter via different doors." |
29 |
Madrid | Sep 30 '04 | Arriving in Madrid
"We’ve made it to Madrid, a hotel, air conditioning and a bed." |
30 |
Madrid | Oct 01 '04 | Madrid
"The beautiful old glass building has been transformed into a tropical palm house." |
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